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The Center had a strong year sharing insights via commentary and interviews. Leading websites and newspapers published more than 330 pieces of analysis and opinion from our scholars in 2021, including two dozen in the nation’s most-competitive outlets: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Some of the most-read reports from the past year include The Coming AI Hackers by Bruce Schneier, Mass. Vaccine Report Card by Graham Allison and Hugo Yen, and Avoiding a Plastic Pandemic: The Future of Sustainability in a Post-COVID-19 World by Nicola De Blasio and Phoebe Fallon. The Center produced timely responses to major events in 2021, including the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Russia’s saber-rattling against Ukraine, as well as the ongoing pandemic.
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Drawing on the strength of our timely videos responding to global news and trends, along with evergreen content that continues to draw strong organic search traffic, our lifetime YouTube views reached 3,261,755, a yearly gain of 20%. As we featured more of our work training tomorrow’s leaders, the Center’s LinkedIn profile grew by 165% to 11,679 followers. We also invested in new podcasts, including Northern Lights, IS: Off the Page, Middle East Matters, and Immutable. Collectively, these programs generated more than 20,000 downloads.
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Massachusetts Vaccine Report Card Authors: Graham Allison, Hugo Yen | Feb. 09, 2021
That Massachusetts has been stumbling in its attempt to meet the challenge posed by COVID-19 is not news. Many readers may, however, be surprised when they see the Massachusetts Report Card below. Among the 50 states in the union, on three of the four key performance measures, Massachusetts is currently earning an F. For Students
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